Opinion: America's Charter School Surge

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools president Nina Rees on why charter schools are outperforming and outgrowing public schools across the nation.

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... I ... the report out that shows a surprising surge in charter schools ... across the country ... can you explain the findings is National Alliance for Public Schools Public Charter Schools president ... Nina Rees meanwhile them ... um how significant is this increase in Charters it's all it's tremendous that shows that there is a huge demand for charter schools around the country last year alone we noticed that two and twenty five thousand new students started attending charter schools into ten parts of the country ... in certain communities like Detroit Washington DC and meanwhile as ... the numbers I think I hear in your Ellen's with ... over seventy percent of the students ... in the public school system attending charter schools in that's what we have over ... fifty percent of the students in charter schools and ECB have close to fifty percent so it shows that parents are clamoring for more options ... one unique clamoring for this options and one isn't happening in those particular cities that you mention is a partisan think Publican Democrat ... so that in a charter schools in that in some states allow you the option to open up schools in different communities I'm so these states ... and communities have a blessed charter school systems in place ... of that another reason is because parents one option sense at the expense of traditional public school system is not offering those options charter schools have an opportunity to seize that opportunity to meet the needs of their skin is the reason of it happens in big cities to talking about the Tory in New Orleans ... and it doesn't happen in say I don't know why I allow Warren North ... well one of things we did notice the second hundred and thirty five school districts around the country at least ten percent of this that this was in charters with some of these communities and ... Youngstown Ohio offense Michigan so they're not all concentrated inner city settings ... in inner city settings that's where the quality of the traditional public school system unfortunately is not as high ... as it should be and so by and large ... a minority students slowing come students and students from home in West is not ... either native language I'm more more trying to track this was because they're offering greater opportunities for academic achievement ... and studies consistently shows that with no stiffness charter schools do much better than traditional ... why is it that they do better when it comes to teaching things like Matthew ... I wonder how stressful some public schools are given a degree of autonomy to run their schools as they wish in exchange for resisting achievements of the school principal ... finding a charter school ... has accused Britain to both make sure that parents were satisfied and to make sure that Steve achievements are going up so that ... flexibility that comes with operating years for hiring the best teachers ... and making sure that you have extended school day in school year experimenting with the concrete tell us ... that freedom and autonomy has led to greater student even a modest you your judgment is this a movement that is a foregone conclusion emerges Guinea continue to see charter schools across the country where the Abba ... any interest in a given year position ... um or horses it's it's getting rollback in certain areas of the country ... what we've seen a lot of momentum around the country back here in York City for instance it's unclear if the new mayor is a continued ban on that same time charter schools were hopeful that he will pay attention to the seventy thousand families who students are attending ... the charter schools but unfortunately in some communities it's not a forgone conclusion ... that the MSM has definitely increased over the past five years and as I said to contain twenty five ... thousand new students plan charter school was this past school year ... we separately half over five hundred thousand students ... waiting to attend a charter school so the wait list numbers are also ... a ... pretty remarkable five hundred thousand kids we'll attend a charter school while ...